Terms of endearment in Polish

CheshireCat	Oct 23, 09, 11:10 #61
Thank you! :)

CheshireCat	Oct 23, 09, 11:11 #62
Ah I see, how did I miss that :P thank you :)

kaneda	Dec 1, 09, 23:03 #63
When I was a child my mother used to caress my face and say something that meant nice kitty, nice kitty and then pat my face saying bad,bad,bad,bad bad....... anyone know how to say that in polish ?

noreenbThreads: 3 Posts: 952 Joined: Apr 22, 09 ♀	Dec 1, 09, 23:25 #64
Kaneda nice kitty, nice kitty and then pat my face saying bad,bad,bad,bad bad....... Ładny kotek, ładny kotek ... brzydki, brzydki... or: Kotku, kotku, ...nieładnie, nieładnie...(when you want to scold somebody caressly).

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 12 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Edited by: SzwedwPolsce Dec 1, 09, 23:27 #65
kaneda: nice kitty There are different ways, eg. ładny kotek or dobry kotek (sometimes kotku). kaneda: bad Also several options, eg. źle or nieładnie.

zeezee62	Dec 2, 09, 22:44 #66
Great info!! Would love the phonetic spellings too. Not sure of proper pronunciations.

CheshireCat	Dec 23, 09, 00:19 #67
Z toba, nikim innym moja najpiekniejsza gwiazko. Can someone translate? I know gwiazdko means star, my boyfriend mispelled this because he was drunk when he sent this text to me, so i guess there is other mispelled words like najpiekniejsza, im guessing this is two words? Also, the polish letters might be missing because his phone doesnt have the polish letters. Thanks in advance :)

jjaefhdaejf	Dec 23, 09, 15:52 #68
Z toba, nikim innym moja najpiekniejsza gwiazko - "with you, nobody else my most beautiful star". there's a joke... Rozmawia dwóch facetów: - Jak pieszczotliwie zwracasz sie do żony? - Mówię do niej:kochanie, skarbie,słoneczko.A ty? - Ja nazywam ja flanelka. - Dlaczego flanelką? - Bo to takie zdrobnienie od szmaty. if you know what flannel is, you will surely get it :-D

strusel	Dec 27, 09, 23:21 #69
My grandma's Polish mother-in-law used to call her something that sounded like "honya." Anyone have any idea what that meant? Thanks-

ShawnHThreads: 9 Posts: 3,001 Joined: Jul 2, 09 ♂	Edited by: ShawnH Dec 27, 09, 23:22 #70
Maybe Hania? From the name Hanna?

luvapole	Jan 16, 10, 01:23 #71
My dear polish friend has called me something for years and I am not sure what it means. Hopefully it is nothing bad, rude or obscene. Phonetically it sounds like "sma-shush-key" Thank you!

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Edited by: skysoulmate Jan 16, 10, 02:06 #72

MancBoy:

Would anyone be offended if someone was to call you stara kobieta? want to poke fun at a female friends age even though shes only 27(4 months older than me)

Well, would you be offended if someone said "you have a small dick? ;) Unless you're a woman than you DEFINITELY do not want to hear that!" LOL

Seriously, you never joke about age with women no matter what nationality they are... Remember they're from Venus - different rules over there...

Anjelkake:

... Yes I have been learning Hawai'ian on the side. I think it would be important to know if/when I move to Kaua'i.

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Aloha Anjelkake,

Kauai'i rocks - I live on Oahu... ;)

A hui hou

PS. Your link doesn't work

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Edited by: skysoulmate Jan 16, 10, 02:50 #73

jjaefhdaejf:

Rozmawia dwóch facetów:
- Jak pieszczotliwie zwracasz sie do żony?
- Mówię do niej:kochanie, skarbie,słoneczko.A ty?
- Ja nazywam ja flanelka.
- Dlaczego flanelką?
- Bo to takie zdrobnienie od szmaty.
if you know what flannel is, you will surely get it :-

I don’t get this joke but I’m sure I translated it all wrong so help me out here…

Two guys are talking::
- What kind of sweet (flattering, praising) words (or compliments) do you use when addressing your wife?
- I say to her: darling, dear, sunshine. And you?
- I call her a piece of fleece.
- Why fleece?
- Because it's such a diminutive form of a rag.

Did I get it right? If so, what’s funny about a rag? Here “she’s on the rag” is an unflattering way of saying she's on her period; so I just don’t get the joke…

PS. Great screen name btw, just too many "j's" and "a's" and... LOL

frdThreads: 8 Posts: 1,956 Joined: Feb 3, 09 ♂	Jan 16, 10, 13:16 #74
In Poland the word RAG has another meaning beside the might be used to insult a woman means a skeezer or a bitch... in this "joke" he uses both meanings because "flanelka" might really be a far-fetched diminutive for a rag but he takes into consideration the other derogatory meaning.

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Jan 16, 10, 15:01 #75

frd:

In Poland the word RAG has another meaning beside the might be used to insult a woman means a skeezer or a bitch... in this "joke" he uses both meanings because "flanelka" might really be a far-fetched diminutive for a rag but he takes into consideration the other derogatory meaning.

I see, thanks. Yeah, I was wondering why he was making fun of his wife having period? I figured, he ain't gonna get any for a looong time! LOL

Of course, it sounds like this meaning might be even tougher on his wife, huh?

I think jokes are really hard to interpret, often the true meaning just doesn't translate...

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Feb 11, 10, 17:23 #76

Is 'bitch' consdered a sexy term to call your partner in Polish? I am having a debate with my Polish partner about the term 'bitch'. he likes to call me this in English- he speaks English really well and says in Polish it would mean I was really sexy and it would be a compliment! Do you agree? I cannot decide if I like it.....! I think...no as it has too many negative connotations in English- and I don't feel it is a positive thing...but maybe I am just a frump! comments please!

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Feb 12, 10, 00:40 #77

lana:

Is 'bitch' consdered a sexy term to call your partner in Polish? I am having a debate with my Polish partner about the term 'bitch'. he likes to call me this in English- he speaks English really well and says in Polish it would mean I was really sexy and it would be a compliment! Do you agree? ...

Based on the information available, yes, the gentleman is absolutely correct.

lana:

... I cannot decide if I like it.....! I think...no as it has too many negative connotations in English- and I don't feel it is a positive thing...but maybe I am just a frump! comments please!

Quod erat demonstrandum.

pgtxThreads: 48 Posts: 6,268 Joined: Feb 14, 09 ♀ [Moderator]	Feb 12, 10, 00:42 #78
lana: Do you agree? sure... just call him "dupek" and he'll love it!!! i guarantee it...

jonniThreads: 26 Posts: 4,189 Joined: Nov 27, 07 ♂	Feb 12, 10, 00:43 #79
PolishNutjob: yes, the gentleman is absolutely correct. Yes, but depends slightly on whether it's bitch=kurwa (a whore) or bitch=suka/suczka (a lady dog). Bitch=dziwka (a slapper) wouldn't be nice.

RonWestThreads: 3 Posts: 165 Joined: Jan 6, 10 ♂	Feb 12, 10, 08:16 #80
Guest: This should be enough to last you a while...... You forgot: kruszynko & żabko

mrodditiesThreads: - Posts: 5 Joined: Jan 28, 10 ♂	Feb 27, 10, 00:31 #81
ARE THESE TO SAY TO A MAN OR A WOMAN?

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 12 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Feb 28, 10, 00:14 #82
mroddities: ARE THESE TO SAY TO A MAN OR A WOMAN? Depends on which of them you mean.

alleb	Jun 27, 10, 14:54 #83
"Serce." It means "heart" as in "my heart" and is used to express deepest love - after all one can't live without her heart. Apparently you meant the world to "Babusia" - granny :).

SzwedwPolsceThreads: 12 Posts: 1,915 Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂	Jun 27, 10, 16:31 #84
alleb: Serce Moje serce = my heart (W moim sercu = in my heart)

dragonflower	Jul 21, 10, 18:19 #85
SzwedwPolsce: Moje serce = my heart How do you say this phontetically?

strusel	Jul 25, 10, 23:40 #86
Maybe for Anna?

strusel	Jul 25, 10, 23:42 #87
strusel: Maybe for Anna? This is in response to ShawnH when he answered my question of 12/27/09, wondering what my grandmother's family might have been saying when they called her a word that sounded like "Honya." She seemed to think it was a term of endearment. LOL, maybe just her name?

parodyse	Aug 25, 10, 01:09 #88
I've been watching some films in polish (dekalog) and i keep hearing people say something like 'smersh'. It doesn't come up in the subtitles, but from the context I think it has to be a term of endearment. Any ideas what it means? I've tried searching on google but it keeps coming up with something about russian counter-intelligence.

VincentThreads: 15 Posts: 1,606 Joined: Sep 9, 07 ♂ [Moderator]	Aug 25, 10, 01:19 #89
parodyse: i keep hearing people say something like 'smersh'. It doesn't come up in the subtitles, Could be uśmiech (smile) but it's a guess;)

parodyse

Aug 25, 10, 01:19 #90

Grandma'sDoll:

My grandmother used to call me a Polish name, and it sounded like "pooka". She said it meant doll. Is this correct? And what's the correct spelling?

Thanks!

I know a pooka is a kind of mythical creature in celtic folklore. I don't know if you've seen the film Harvey, but Harvey the giant invisible rabbit is a pooka in it. It's really a lovely film.

I did have a german ex-girlfriend and I'm sure she used to use the word as a kind of term of endearment as well though.

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